The most recent inclusion is Barack Obama, with current president Donald Trump being excluded from the rankings due to the lack of historical perspective with with to place him on the list.

So, how do the rankings play out?

Sadly, Lancaster native James Buchanan, Pennsylvania’s only native-born president, sits at the bottom of the list. His legacy of caution and inaction in the lead-up to the Civil War generally lands him in the bottom tier of presidents.

Our visit to Buchanan’s home of Wheatland revealed that he did excel in politics in many regards, with his tenure as chief executive being the rare (though highly impactful) blemish on his career in public service.

Plus, did you see the outhouse he invented in that video? Surely such a visionary can’t be all bad.

On the other end of the scale sits another kind leader entirely: Dwight D. Eisenhower, who cracked the top 5 in the C-SPAN rankings.

While Eisenhower was born in Texas and was raised in Kansas, he was stationed at Camp Colt in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania early in his military career, and the first home he and his wife Mamie ever owned was the farm he purchased in Gettysburg. The Gettysburg home served as their home during Eisenhower’s tenure as president, and the couple returned there for Eisenhower’s retirement.

If you ask us, that’s plenty to consider him a Pennsylvanian. And that’s why he, unsurprisingly, earned a similarly high spot in our ranking of 100 Greatest Pennsylvanians.

As president, Eisenhower ordered the creation of NASA, enforced the desegregation of Little Rock High School, signed the Civil Rights Act and oversaw the establishment of the National Highway System. Only Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ranked higher than Ike.

Of course, before he went into politics, Eisenhower was also the Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and oversaw the D-Day invasion of Normandy, among many other operations. He later became the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. Much like Washington, Eisenhower’s transition from military man to moderate executive is pretty much agreed by everyone to be big success in terms leadership.

Our recent visit to the Eisenhower National Historic Site reaffirmed his Pennsylvania credentials in our eyes. So while we might have to share him with a few other states, we’re definitely still confirming him as one of ours.

Something we’re not quite as proud of to this day is our treatment of another president who spent some time in Gettysburg: Abraham Lincoln, who perhaps unsurprisingly nabbed the top spot on C-SPAN’s list.

Lincoln’s unflinching commitment to retaining the union during the Civil War, his signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and his conciliatory plans following a Northern victory all count toward his high score.

That said, when he gave the Gettysburg Address, the Patriot-Union newspaper - predecessor to the Patriot-News and PennLive - gave a rather harsh review to his famous speech back in 1863. In retrospect, maybe Lincoln’s words weren’t “silly remarks” after all.

PennLive and the Patriot-News issued a retraction a few years ago, in case you missed it:

The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia will be hosting a free event, “The Presidents: America’s Best and Worst Chief Executives,” on June 10 from noon-1:30 p.m. The event will also be streamed live online.

If you do visit the National Constitution Center, don’t miss out on these Civil War artifacts and exhibits: